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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 801-900)BETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Directors based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.
Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 | Haruo Sotozaki | $84,491,346 | 9 | $9,387,927 |
| 802 | Ben Sharpsteen | $84,300,000 | 2 | $42,150,000 |
| 803 | Paul Haggis | $84,279,848 | 5 | $16,855,970 |
| 804 | Hayao Miyazaki | $84,167,951 | 12 | $7,013,996 |
| 805 | Cathy Yan | $84,158,461 | 4 | $21,039,615 |
| 806 | Alan Alda | $84,155,103 | 4 | $21,038,776 |
| 807 | Todd Strauss-Schulson | $83,852,218 | 4 | $20,963,055 |
| 808 | Ben Stassen | $83,838,363 | 12 | $6,986,530 |
| 809 | Jodie Foster | $83,470,751 | 4 | $20,867,688 |
| 810 | Richard Curtis | $83,445,939 | 4 | $20,861,485 |
| 811 | Craig Brewer | $83,402,421 | 5 | $16,680,484 |
| 812 | Babak Najafi | $83,392,898 | 4 | $20,848,225 |
| 813 | Simon J. Smith | $83,350,911 | 1 | $83,350,911 |
| 814 | Mira Nair | $83,117,794 | 10 | $8,311,779 |
| 815 | Ernest Dickerson | $83,083,032 | 7 | $11,869,005 |
| 816 | Richard Lester | $83,055,150 | 8 | $10,381,894 |
| 817 | John Stockwell | $82,893,197 | 12 | $6,907,766 |
| 818 | André Øvredal | $82,837,699 | 6 | $13,806,283 |
| 819 | Buddy Van Horn | $82,830,828 | 2 | $41,415,414 |
| 820 | Mathieu Kassovitz | $82,753,188 | 4 | $20,688,297 |
| 821 | Mike Binder | $82,588,182 | 8 | $10,323,523 |
| 822 | Kevin MacDonald | $82,443,001 | 10 | $8,244,300 |
| 823 | Brian Henson | $82,413,350 | 3 | $27,471,117 |
| 824 | Gabor Csupo | $82,234,139 | 1 | $82,234,139 |
| 825 | Todd Michael Amateau | $82,234,139 | 1 | $82,234,139 |
| 826 | Patrick Wilson | $82,156,962 | 1 | $82,156,962 |
| 827 | Steve Gordon | $81,464,486 | 1 | $81,464,486 |
| 828 | Daniel Scheinert | $81,413,784 | 4 | $20,353,446 |
| 829 | Daniel Kwan | $81,379,928 | 3 | $27,126,643 |
| 830 | Burt Reynolds | $81,303,636 | 4 | $20,325,909 |
| 831 | Richard Loncraine | $80,536,019 | 9 | $8,948,447 |
| 832 | Mary Lambert | $80,479,130 | 6 | $13,413,188 |
| 833 | Yorgos Lanthimos | $80,424,243 | 8 | $10,053,030 |
| 834 | Simon Kinberg | $80,416,429 | 2 | $40,208,215 |
| 835 | Lewis Gilbert | $80,359,300 | 4 | $20,089,825 |
| 836 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | $80,219,561 | 3 | $26,739,854 |
| 837 | James Frawley | $79,990,306 | 4 | $19,997,577 |
| 838 | Sean McNamara | $79,873,433 | 28 | $2,852,623 |
| 839 | Jean-Marc Vallee | $79,733,386 | 5 | $15,946,677 |
| 840 | George A. Romero | $79,710,698 | 17 | $4,688,865 |
| 841 | Ari Aster | $79,672,381 | 3 | $26,557,460 |
| 842 | John Polson | $79,665,481 | 2 | $39,832,741 |
| 843 | Bronwen Hughes | $79,527,848 | 3 | $26,509,283 |
| 844 | Ken Annakin | $79,494,197 | 3 | $26,498,066 |
| 845 | Joe Camp | $79,063,152 | 5 | $15,812,630 |
| 846 | Victor Salva | $78,656,804 | 5 | $15,731,361 |
| 847 | Stewart Raffill | $78,630,310 | 8 | $9,828,789 |
| 848 | Howard Hawks | $78,485,077 | 17 | $4,616,769 |
| 849 | Zach Braff | $77,602,621 | 4 | $19,400,655 |
| 850 | Mark L. Lester | $77,572,582 | 9 | $8,619,176 |
| 851 | Joseph Zito | $77,521,547 | 4 | $19,380,387 |
| 852 | Luc Jacquet | $77,451,698 | 5 | $15,490,340 |
| 853 | Mark Linfield | $77,409,357 | 5 | $15,481,871 |
| 854 | Robert De Niro | $77,148,354 | 2 | $38,574,177 |
| 855 | Sanaa Hamri | $77,098,895 | 4 | $19,274,724 |
| 856 | Dennie Gordon | $77,096,564 | 4 | $19,274,141 |
| 857 | Tony Bill | $77,017,552 | 7 | $11,002,507 |
| 858 | John R. Cherry, III | $76,741,060 | 3 | $25,580,353 |
| 859 | Paul Demeyer | $76,501,438 | 1 | $76,501,438 |
| 860 | Stig Bergqvist | $76,501,438 | 1 | $76,501,438 |
| 861 | James Bridges | $75,955,222 | 4 | $18,988,806 |
| 862 | Hideo Nakata | $75,941,727 | 15 | $5,062,782 |
| 863 | David Carson | $75,671,262 | 3 | $25,223,754 |
| 864 | Chris Rock | $75,665,378 | 3 | $25,221,793 |
| 865 | Valerie Faris | $75,069,730 | 3 | $25,023,243 |
| 866 | Jonathan Dayton | $75,069,730 | 3 | $25,023,243 |
| 867 | Stefen Fangmeier | $75,030,163 | 1 | $75,030,163 |
| 868 | Reginald Hudlin | $74,812,625 | 11 | $6,801,148 |
| 869 | Michael Schultz | $74,767,931 | 9 | $8,307,548 |
| 870 | Paul McGuigan | $74,537,910 | 8 | $9,317,239 |
| 871 | Mark Pellington | $74,508,867 | 9 | $8,278,763 |
| 872 | Gene Wilder | $74,341,544 | 5 | $14,868,309 |
| 873 | Gary Dauberman | $74,152,591 | 2 | $37,076,296 |
| 874 | Bryan Spicer | $73,874,414 | 3 | $24,624,805 |
| 875 | Costa-Gavras | $73,331,064 | 11 | $6,666,460 |
| 876 | Lorna Cook | $73,215,310 | 1 | $73,215,310 |
| 877 | George Stevens | $73,151,952 | 9 | $8,127,995 |
| 878 | Mario Van Peebles | $73,142,885 | 11 | $6,649,353 |
| 879 | Tom Tykwer | $73,140,864 | 11 | $6,649,169 |
| 880 | Doug Sweetland | $72,679,278 | 1 | $72,679,278 |
| 881 | Chris Butler | $72,652,590 | 2 | $36,326,295 |
| 882 | Terry Zwigoff | $72,616,397 | 4 | $18,154,099 |
| 883 | Angel Manuel Soto | $72,541,501 | 3 | $24,180,500 |
| 884 | Marco Brambilla | $72,407,200 | 2 | $36,203,600 |
| 885 | Samantha Jayne | $72,404,248 | 1 | $72,404,248 |
| 886 | Arturo Perez | $72,404,248 | 1 | $72,404,248 |
| 887 | Andrei Konchalovsky | $72,309,204 | 5 | $14,461,841 |
| 888 | Dan Trachtenberg | $72,082,999 | 2 | $36,041,500 |
| 889 | Justin Simien | $72,057,441 | 3 | $24,019,147 |
| 890 | Mike Tollin | $72,027,629 | 2 | $36,013,815 |
| 891 | Steve Beck | $71,981,451 | 2 | $35,990,726 |
| 892 | Marielle Heller | $71,977,303 | 4 | $17,994,326 |
| 893 | Albert Magnoli | $71,964,601 | 2 | $35,982,301 |
| 894 | Sean Cunningham | $71,750,222 | 4 | $17,937,556 |
| 895 | Kevin Bray | $71,696,755 | 2 | $35,848,378 |
| 896 | Alfonso Arau | $71,664,677 | 2 | $35,832,339 |
| 897 | Pedro Almodovar | $71,413,014 | 26 | $2,746,654 |
| 898 | Steven Zaillian | $71,197,832 | 3 | $23,732,611 |
| 899 | Rick Rosenthal | $71,091,553 | 8 | $8,886,444 |
| 900 | Daniel Petrie | $70,703,881 | 6 | $11,783,980 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.